Fireworks: Australia Day 2010

I wanted a quiet Australia Day and Dale was busy helping set up the Core slider jam (some kitesurfing competition that needs to build big structures sticking out of the water, pictures to come next week if I can brave going down and watching Dale compete…).

In the afternoon there was the obligatory BBQ in the backyard (with 3 attendees, me, Dale and a very happy Lolabear) listening to the end of the JJJ hottest 100 countdown. After deciding to head down to the river we hopped on the bikes and rode for a few minutes to get to the Mount Pleasant foreshore where we managed to nab a great spot to view the fireworks. Of course I had my camera with me but only a 24-70mm lens.

Here are some of the shots I caught of the 30 minute Perth Sky Show. All taken at ISO 6400(5D MII yup I can push it up that far!) with a shutter speed of around 1/200 of a second. It was my first attempt at fireworks so not a masterpiece but these images made me happy! Have a great weekend!!!

By the way I am blogging this from a wedding down south!!!  Not really, I discovered that I can SCHEDULE my blog posts, so while I am photographing my little heart out (and scrunching up my face behind the camera which I discovered last week - photo here), I can be really organised and pre-post a few images… this could mean I will become really organised with my blog posting schedule, or um maybe not, but it is good to know I could… if I wanted to.

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Posted by emma on January 30th, 2010 :: Filed under Personal
Tags :: Australia Day, fireworks, Perth Foreshore, Perth Sky Show
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